Different Breasts, Equal Implants

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Is it possible to correct breast asymmetries with equal implants?

Breast asymmetry, where one breast is different from the other, is relatively common. Nobody has one side exactly the same as the other. Small differences are acceptable and extremely common. In breast surgeries, this is another challenge! We, plastic surgeons, look for the best way to make these breasts similar. Before that, we have to identify and characterize these differences. Many times they are related to posture or chest wall deformities. But how to correct these deformities? We use techniques commonly used in cosmetic surgery to decrease or increase volume, such as augmentation mammoplasty with silicone implants or reduction mammoplasty by resecting tissue. This way we adjust the breasts to make them more equal. It is common in these cases for doctors to use silicone implants with different volumes. This solution can lead to other complications. For example: breasts with different implants will never be truly equal. And over time, with weight gain or loss, breastfeeding, pregnancy, this difference can become increasingly evident. Therefore, for cases with small differences in breast volume, I prefer to use equal implants, and why? Imagine: one breast with 80 ml and another with 100 ml, if we place a 300 ml implant, one will end up with 380 ml and the other with 400 ml, in the end, this difference will go from 20% to 5% of the final volume, this way I end up correcting by the proportion of the final volume, without having to use different implants, with different shapes! Understand? Another situation is when a mammoplasty is necessary, the tissue resection is never equal, but what needs to be more similar is what remains in the breast. The idea is the same, always leave the breast as similar as possible, try to use the techniques in the most similar way... For these breast asymmetry surgeries, I also use molds during the surgery, which facilitate these choices and in the consultation I do simulations with a 3D camera that can estimate the volume of each breast, facilitating this calculation. And in surgery, one of the techniques that helps correct this deformity is fat grafting, favoring a better result! So, did you like this topic, do you have any questions? Write here, comment, if you liked the video, like it, share it, subscribe to the channel, and activate the bell to see our other videos. Watch this video about how to care for the drain in the postoperative period: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnGmQ... Also watch this video about Hematoma: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xY6sN... And you might be interested in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56AaG...